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222 John Tanner and His Family November 9, 1885, at Logan, Utah. This eleven of whom were born in Canada. couple had twelve children, their meagre capital and made pay­ 160 acres. The farm was land section of quarter located six miles south of Cardston near Aetna. There was no rail­ road and supplies were freighted in from Lethbridge, which was a Nathan and ment on four-day the Henry pooled a - round Their houses trip. of Nathan William, and reinforced with logs." case were dugout a rough logs, and in made in the side of a hill built of was A few years later, about 1905 or 1906, the brothers were joined by Carlos Brunson Tanner, who was married to Lulu Ray Jenkins, and they had a family of four children. They would have in Canada five more all born in Canada. new land into People who have not pioneered cultivation, may fail a new country or helped to bring to realize the difficulties involved. successfully, it usually takes a generation elementary comforts of life are provided, and there is always the possibility the whole thing may In case or two before the most the venture turns out then, of course, turn out to be a failure. few easy for the Canadian colonists the acres recom­ on ever than a modest made more have living people mended by the church as a suitable sized farm. Annie Clark Tanner, Success did not come - wife of Dr. Joseph Marion Tanner, who than most, tells the story well: Through some mismanagement the farm in Canada was a great or was farming more acres because of climatic conditions, disappointment. Usually a drought, hail, frost, or snow destroyed the effects of a hard summer so the boys, though they went to Canada every spring, came home desti­ tute in the fall.!" description, though perhaps a little pessimistic, is not much exaggeration. What with attempting to build schools and churches and keep their increasing families fed and clothed, there was no time left for idleness. Even a generation later, members of the the found family going tough and making a living never easy. The of an The Homer Manley Brown family moved to Canada in 1900 and settled first at Spring Coulee, and later at Cardston. A word seems in order about the relationship of this family to the Tanners. The wife of Manley Brown was Lydia Jane Brown, daughter of Lydia